# NTSB UNK64X2039: Bell 47G3B, N73208, Sodus, MI, May 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1964
- Place: Sodus, MI · SODUS, MI
- Location: 42.0437° N, 86.3692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sodus, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0437&lon=-86.3692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185008
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2039

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0198  64/5/30    SODUS MICH          BELL 47G3B          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2485
        TIME - 0700                    N73208              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 301 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -   80                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES                             ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  750
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N73208 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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